Brides who dreamed of a white background for their wedding pictures took a gamble that really paid off if they chose this weekend for their nuptials.

While some couples are postponing because of the heavy snow, others are going forward, albeit with fewer guests.

“A lot of out-of-state people have canceled, and I totally understand that,” bride-to-be Britany M. Eagle of Westminster said as she waited out the storm at a hotel after postponing her Saturday wedding.

She and groom Kevin Woodhouse will take their vows Sunday at Sts. Anarqyroi Greek Orthodox Church in Marlboro.

The Rev. Gregory Christakos said he didn't want to pressure the couple into postponing and he was thinking about alternative modes of transportation in case he couldn't get from his home in Worcester to the church.

“I was considering snowshoeing if I had to; I'm an avid snowshoer,” he said.

Ms. Eagle was easily able to convince the caterer, DJ, florist and cake baker to move things to Sunday. The church was available, and her hopes for “a little snowfall” on her wedding day have been taken care of, so she's laughing a lot and taking things in stride.

“I had a gut feeling when we were planning it. I said with my luck we'd get a big storm,” she said, but Mr. Woodhouse works a lot during the summer, making a warm weather wedding impossible.

“I'm very much looking forward to taking the pictures (in the snow),” she said.

Weddings were going to go on as scheduled Friday and Saturday in Sturbridge.

“We're just making the best of it,” Laura Skowron, director of sales and catering at The Publick House in Sturbridge said. “They say it's good luck (to have a storm on a wedding day).”

That's something Ms. Skowron believes, even though it may be an old wives' tale.

The Publick House has 100 guest rooms, so guests who show up and can't get out can simply stay over, Ms. Skowron explained. And if their accommodations fill up, there are others in town.